APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PEAKS IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA AND FOR FORMING SPECTRA AND CHROMATOGRAMS - Patent 1749272

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EP 1 749 272 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.02.2007 Bulletin 2007/06

(21)	Application number: 05713253.2

(22)	Date of filing: 11.02.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06K 9/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2005/004180

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/079263 (01.09.2005 Gazette 2005/35)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

13.02.2004 US 543940 P

(71)	Applicant: Waters Investments Limited
	New Castle, Delaware 19720 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GORENSTEIN, Marc. V. Needham, MA 02492 (US) PLUMB, Robert, S. Milford, MA 01757 (US) STUMPF, Chris, L. Uxbridge, MA 01569 (US)

(74)	Representative: Vossius, Corinna et al
	Geibelstrasse 6 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PEAKS IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA AND FOR FORMING SPECTRA AND CHROMATOGRAMS